Thoughts and commentary about the janitorial and office cleaning business.

09/12/2014

Germ Warfare in your facility

Just got an invite from my good friends at Waxie Sanitary Supply, featuring University of Arizona microbiologist Dr. Charles Gerba in a symposium titled "Germ Warfare in Your Facility".

I've featured Dr. Gerba's work repeatedly over the past several years. He's done extensive "real world" testing of pathogen loads carried on various touch-points around home and office; as an example, one's computer mouse is generally a whole lot more germ infested than your toilet seat. In doing commercial janitorial service in the Phoenix area, just up the freeway from Gerba's base at the U of A in Tucson, we use his work both to design our sanitation and pathogen control program (and testing the effectiveness there-of), and in getting our crew's attention to the importance of method and thoroughness of what they do.

Here's a link to Waxie. The seminar is Wednesday, 9/17; wouldn't be surprised if they can fit a couple extra folks in.

We've offered janitorial services in Phoenix since 1974; hold the BBB's A-plus rating; and have long been in the forefront of the industry in environmentally sensitive cleaning for health, safety and security. Our office cleaning program can generally improve Indoor Air Quality, in the size range of most allergens, by a factor of 50%, as reflected in our ongoing IAQ sampling. We also furnish Green Seal certified recycled restroom paper products and janitorial supplies.